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Friday December 05, 2025

11,500 students offered places in Finnish higher Edu autumn session

A total of 11,500 students were offered admission in the autumn joint application to higher educational institutions in Finland, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Friday. The number of applicants was 33,900 in the joint application, of whom 34 %, were offered admission.

Published: 00:18 am,Saturday 8 November 2025

Academic of the Year award goes to Timo Stewart

The Union of Research Professionals on Friday awarded researcher and author Timo R. Stewart as the Academic of the Year 2025, said the union in a press release. The justifications for presenting Stewart with the award stated that he has been clear and tireless in introducing into public discourse

Published: 22:39 pm,Saturday 25 October 2025

Jolkkonen named Aalto EE's Alum of the Year 2025

Aalto University Executive Education (Aalto EE) selected Juha Jolkkonen, Executive Director for the Social Services, Health Care, and Rescue Services Division at the City of Helsinki, as the Alum of the Year 2025. The Alumni of the Year from Aalto University's schools were announced at the Aalto Alumni Weekend

Published: 23:48 pm,Tuesday 14 October 2025

DNA: Data usage drops significantly after mobile phone ban at school

Mobile phone use in schools has generally decreased and in some school areas it decreased even significantly following the ban on use of mobile phone at Finnish schools, according to a study conducted by Finnish telecommunications company DNA. The new legislation took effect in August banning the use of

Published: 15:19 pm,Monday 13 October 2025

3 recipients share Nobel in economics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr of the Netherlands, Philippe Aghion of France and Peter Howitt of Canada, reported Xinhua. Half of the prize goes to Mokyr "for having

Published: 00:39 am,Friday 10 October 2025

Finland to impose tuition fees on non-EU upper secondary students

The four-party alliance government led by Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) has taken an initiative to impose tuition fees non-European Union students in upper secondary level. The government issued a legislative proposal on the matter on Thursday and intended that the legislative amendments will enter into force on August

Published: 14:42 pm,Wednesday 8 October 2025

Trio win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for metal-organic frameworks

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced, reported Xinhua. "The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases

Published: 01:51 am,Wednesday 8 October 2025

Finnish schoolteachers face more stress than before: Int´l survey

Finnish teachers in lower secondary education enjoy their work, but they are experiencing more stress than before, according to the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). In Finland, the share of teachers considering a career change has increased, although it remains similar to the OECD average, said the

Published: 15:34 pm,Tuesday 7 October 2025

3 win Nobel in Physics for macroscopic quantum phenomena discovery

Three U.S.-based scientists, John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. "Their experiments

Published: 01:22 am,Saturday 4 October 2025

Racism is common in Finnish schools: study

A new study showed that racism is evident in Finnish schools, said the University of Helsinki in a press release on Friday. It is embedded in the school structures and school staff frequently lack resources and practical knowledge on how to take action against it. Racism is prevalent and present

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